System of burning oils.



J. J. DE HLEBDON.

SYSTEM OF BURNENG OILS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-18.1915.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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J. 1. DE HLEBDON. SYSTEM OF BUR NING OILS.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. I916. 1,207,873. Patented Dec.12,1916.

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mu! 1 I cZ Deiflebaon,

J" OHIhT DE HLEBDON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SYSTEM or annulus OILS. .7

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed February 18, 1916. Serial No. 79,074.

To all whom it may concern Be it. known that 1, JAMES JOHN DE HLnnooN, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at K'unsus City, in the county of J ackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems of Burning Oils, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it uppertziins to make and use the some.

The invention relates to u system of burning petroleum, distillute, c0al oil end the like in stoves, house heating furnnces,.und the like, and seeks to provide a system which will produce more perfect combustion of the various oils and prevent overflow and westage of the oil. 7 I V The usual oil burner is supplied with oil by it gravity supply pipe controlled by a regulating valve, which when open'ullows the'oil to flow to the burner in u quantity depending on the opening of the valve, this often occurring while the fire is not burning rendering the burner very dangerous, as de structive fires often result from the oil spreading over the floor of the room in which the burner is located, and becoming ignited. Some burners are provided with on overflow pipe to lead the oil to a sewer, in the event of the fire being extinguished while the regulating valve is open but this is very wasteful and nearly as dangerous because of the occusionul explosion of the resulting gases,

' sometimes wrecking buildings uswell as the su-lt consuming an excessive amount of oil in the attempt to produce sufiicient heat.

The present invention seeks to provide an improved system of burning petroleum, dis-' till-ate, coal oil and the like so that the overflow and wastage of oil at all times is prevented, and whereby a suilicient volume of superheated air is supplied to the flame so that more perfect combustion is the result.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the superheated air:

may be supplied both. upwurd-o-nddowm word dreft, thenlirof theup ward. and downs..-

ward draft meeting and inter-mingling and still further increasing the temperature by the flame of the burner before coming downward into contact with the Home.

A still further object of the invention is to deflect and spread. the flame and supply the superheated nir thereto at a position-considerebly above the initial ignition point.

A still further objectof'the invention is to deflect and spread the flame by disk shaped Spreaders, and to direct the superheated air along the underside of the disks sothat the air and the lips of the Home will meet around the edges of the disks.

with these and other-object's in view the invention consists in the improved few tures of supplying oil to the burner, and of spreading the flame and supplying superheated air to the flame above the 'initiul ignition point, hereinafter 'setforth and more. particularly pointed out in the appended claims, av means of producing the results being illustrated in the accompanying drewings. I

Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view of a burner suitubly constructed to accomplish the features of the improved system, theview being taken on line a-o of Fig; 2' and line b-D of Fig. 3. Fig. 2, is an inverted plu-n view of certain parts of the burner taken on line cc of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow I. Fig. 3 is e' plan view of certain parts of the burner taken on line cc of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow II. Fig. 4, is a plain view of oil bowl. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the down draft pipe. Fig. 6, is a fragmentary plan View of one of the members of the burner Fig. 7,'is fragmentary sectional View taken on line d(l of Fig. l. Fig. 8,, v is it fragment-(try sectional view taken on line" e-e of-Fig. 1. Fig. 9, is a. fragmentary sectional view of the burner taken on line f--f of Fig. 3, also illustrating the pipe connections nnd supply tunk which it is desired'to employ in operating the system. Fig.,l0 is a view in elevation of the burner showinga slightly modified form and. with certain parts broken away.

The base 1 is of slightly tapering shape and hollow, the lower end 2 thereof being entirely open, While the upper end 3 is partly closed by the depressed flange t, the hole 5 I being located centrally of thefiange and the-' base. The duplicetetuhulu-rsections'-6'- are integral with the base i and the flange and IQO extend slightly above the upper end 3 of the base and form a means of molding the cross pipe fitting 7 with two opposite arms bent downward through a quarter turn in place, the latter being a combined straightway and Y shaped tubular fitting, the Y ends 8 fitting ove' and around the tubular sections 6 and forming passage connections therewith from underneath the base 1, while the end 9 of the straightwayportion of the cross pipe fitting- T registers with the hole the upper end 1% of the cross pipe littingbeing recessed to admit the pipe 10 and provided with the shoulder 11 to support the pipe, the notches 12 being so located as to always partly register with the notches 13 in the pipe for the purpose of forming eollinlnli r cation from the interior of the. pipe to the exterior of the cross pipe litting.

The pipe ll) extends -.upw:ard and through the wall 15' tiled-after being; shown in frag- Trrrnta'rv view merely to represent the outer wall of an v lireplare to which the burner may be applied. the upper end it; of the pipe having: titted thereto and lllltl'tzll'ulllnl tho rollar l7 whit-h serves to more eti'octuall close the opening in the wall 15 through which the pipe 10 extends The pipe it) has two redurtions in size formingthe shoulders 1b and ill for the sup port of theyllaugz'rs ill and :21 respectively, the [tango 2 2 resting upon the upper end 14 ol' the oross pipe lilting T, the holes 23 and 14 being; l'ornnal in the pipe 10 inunediatoly below the rospertive flangesand '31 to establish l'lll!lllllllll|':ltl()ll from the interior of the pipe to the exterior immediately below the rvsprrtivo llangirs. it being understood that the openings l'orniod Irv notelu-s 1'3 and lil establish ronnnuniralion'troin the interior ol the pipe lll to the exterior iuunediatot below the llulrio 2'3. a

Within the base l ventrally loratrd but l l'rl'el'ably not allarlual thereto is the bowl pan 3 the general prartire being to resthoth the base and the pan on the ring -l-l.-

the legs I? iutrn'ral with and projo tinp; l roiu the base brine provided for this purpose. the ring usually resting: on the grate ol' the lurnaro or stove to \Yllit'll the burner is applied the grate not being; shown berausv ol' rolnluon and well known ronstrurlion,and'

as a l'nrthor reason other means of support may be employed.

l'urlher (llljtt'l ol' ronstrnrtin the base i and the oil-howl :25 separately and supporting the howl b v the logs -l.) on the ring -|l is to provide a |noans ol' adjustingtlle distant'e betworn to suit the various grades oi oils, the tlll lllfil llltlll'; brine ell'erted by raising and lowering one or the other the howl usually being lowered by cutting from the logs l5.

'lhe bowl. 2:? hastlll])llt'ttll depressions 20 therein to allow room for the tubular seetions (5, and is screw threaded at 27 to receive the screw threaded end 28 of the oil distributor 29, the latter having the hole 30 through the central portion thereof in which is fitted in any usual manner the supply pipe 31, the oil distributer being slotted preferably at right an les as slots 32 so that a small quantity 0: oil admitted thereto will overflow into the bowl 25.

The object of threading the oil distributor 29 into the bowl 25is to provide a means of raising or lowering the distributor to accommodate and conform to the required eonditions of burning the various grades of oils, the distributor usually being madefat the time of installation, the distributor being shown in Fig. 1 in the extreme lowered position. i

The suppl pipe 3t extends. downward from the bowl 25 and is provided with valve ill. the pipe continuing; to the tank 35, while tlie.b \'pass pipe 36 forms connection from the pipe between the valve 34 and the tank :55. the bypass pipe leading to the generating bowl 323 and being provided with the valve :57 so that the generating bowl may he lilled to generate the burner.

The oil distributor is provided with the holes 38 to supply air to fianie when it rises from the distributor.

In order to operate the burner with safety and. prevent overllow of oil nndeany conditions. the supply tank 235 is fitted air tight with the pipe li lllfllliltttl therein from which the supply pipe til leads to the burner, the pipe. ilJ being provided with an air cook it at the top then-rot, the hole it] being-set at an elevation, on a level with approximately the v'i-rtiral renter oi the slots 32 admitting oil to How to the height of the top of hole 40.

The tank is always airtight except when lillingr'it, the [illing plug-not being shown herauso of (opinion and well known eonstrnt'tion.

It will llotllltltl'filflml that when the supply tank is tilled and rinsed airtight and the air rook ll open the oil will never rise above the hole it) in the pipe 39, and the hole hointr below the upper edge 42 ot' the bowl :25 the oil rannoi overflow.

When titling the tank 35 the valve PH. is i-losod to prevent the overflow of the oil in the burner and the rot-k ll. is closed to prevent the oil from rising in the pipe 39, and the tank is t'lUSOll and again made air tight. the rock -lt is opened to admit air into the pipe 3!) to permit the oil to How there from.

in Fig. '10 is shown a slightly modified form of eonstrm-tion. the only diiferenee between this and that of the burner justdesx'rilwd being in the pipe 10" and the flange 21. The pipe is out away and the tlange provided with the boss i l whirh lits into the pipe and holds the tlange in place.

-In the burner first described both upward and downward draft is provided for while -in the latter, upward draft only is provided, the advantage being in the combined upward and downward draft, while the upward draft may be employed in some places where it would notbe convenient owing to the construction of-the stove or furnace toprovide the downward draft pipe 10. to "To operate the oil burning system the {-tank 35 is filled ,to any desired level so that the surface of the oil is above the hole 40, the air in the pipe 39 preventing the. oil from rising in the pipe above the hole 40 but always filling the pipe 31 from the tank to the valves 39 and 37. The valve 37 isopened until the oil fills the generating l bowl 33, when the valve is closed and the oil lighted,the flanie burning therefrom heating the bowl and oil when the valve Siis opened the oil will be :admitted to. the distributer from-where it will spread through the slots 32 and the bowl 25, the heatfrom the flame burning 25' in' the" generator bowl 33 generating the oil in the distributer and in the bowl 25 and lvforr'ning a gas which rises therefrom. The ,gas rising from oil distributer 29 and from the bowl 25' is then lighted after which the so heat radiating therefrom is suifici'ent to gen. erate the oil as fast as it is burned, the quan -tity.-:of oil and the volume of flamebeing regulated by the valve 34.

The hot gases saturated with free air 5 P-Yuring upward through the holes 38 and around the'bowl25 ai1d inside of the base 1-, pass through the hole 5 and meet the downward fiow of-air through the end 9 of the cross pipe fitting 7,- the flame spread- 40 big outward and upward from between the cross pipe fitting and the base, and underneath and around the flanges 22, 20 and 21 and a certain volume ofnoncirculating air and gases that will lie between the 'eross pipe fitting 7 andthe flanges directing the flame upward and-outward and around the flanges the tips'of the flame reaching when burning full to around the flange 21.

' Part of the air that :passes' downward to through the end 9 of the cross pipefitting 7 is supplied from the air rising upward through the tubes 6' and through the cross pipe fitting l whilethe remainder is an plied by air passing downward through tl ie pipe 10. A portion of the air that passes (listr ibuter 29 so that downward through the pipe 10 flows through the holes 24 and along the underside of the disk 21. A further portion passes through the holes 23 and outward underthe disk 20, a still further portion passing 80 through the holes formed by notches 12 and 13 and outward and underneath the disk 22, all this heated air reaching the flames as they pass upward around the disks, the remainder of the air passing downward through the pipe 10' reaching the end 9 of the cross pipe fitting 7 and mingling direct with the initial flame.

It is well known that a flame burning from oilwill require a large volume of air in proportion to the oil gases and that in order to secure proper combustion the; air

must be heated and supplied to the flan 'es as the initial air is burned therefrom, this eing accomplishd by conducting the air to the Home along the disks 20, 21 and 22.

I claim:

1. In a system of burning oil,- an oil bowl, an oil distributer in said bowl, means to admit oil to said distributer' and said bowl, means for the passage of air around said bowl,-a bra'n oh pipe fitting over said bowl, a. down draft pipe above said branch pipe fitting, and deflecting disks on said pipe.

2. In a system of burning oil, a bowl for the initial ignition of oil gases, a pipe over said bowl and leading superheated air downward to said bowl, disks around said pipe, and holes communicating from the interior of said pipeto the exterior thereof and below said disks whereby superheated air is supplied to flame surrounding said disks. e

3. In a system-of burning oil, means to cause oil to burn in a hollow cup shape, means to, supply superheated air to the burning flames from within said hollow cup shape, and disks mounted upon said means to spread said flames.

4, In a system of burning oil, means to burn oil below a plurality of disks, said disks arranged to spread said flames, and means to supply superheated .air to the flame from underneath said disks.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J OHN DE HLEBDON.

Witnesses:

REBECGA J orrnn, Manon L. RUTHRAUFF. 

